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Mrityunjay Singh @sitaramsingh12366
Sep 15, 2018 08:15 PM, 1525 Views
RD burman this is Rahul dev burman was born to the bollywood singer sachine dev burman a d his mother lyricist meera dev burmanin Calcutta 27 June , 1939.He was nicknamed Tablu by his grandmother. He received his early education 8n west Bengal .

When RD Burman was nine years old he composed his first song ^aye merit topi play me aa^which is used by his father in the movie funtoosh.The tune of the music ^sar Jo tere chakraye^was also composed by his as child . In Mumbai he was training Ed by uatad ali khan.

Some of fabulous film by him are Chalti ka naam gadi, k aagaz ke phool , tere ghar ke samane .he also play mouth organ for hai apna file to aware.

His first wife was Rita Patel she was a fan of Burman.i n 1980 he marriages to asha bhoshle.

He also worked in the blockbuster sholay., military., .and many more.

In 4 Jan 1964 he pasted away.

Thanks.
Arijit Singha @2arijit5
Sep 09, 2018 11:37 PM, 1453 Views
Rahul deb burman was an indian music composer and music director. He known as king of indian music industry. He win 3 filmfare awards. He creativity till now living into our mind. His songs is so good. He also was good playback singer. Mehabooba mehabooba song till now play in club. Today all singer copy his music’s and converted it to new songs. He was also good in his personal life. He was good looking person. Today his popularity is more than young generation singers only for his best performance and creativity on music. When I sad I hear only songs made by him. Love you RD Burman, you r living into my mind.
Santanu Changmai @Santanu_Delhi
Dec 11, 2015 01:02 AM, 4333 Views
The Indian film music industry would be incomplete without contributions from the great legend RD Burman. His complete name was Rahul Dev Burman, but fans took liked "RD" better. The close ones in the industry of course would call him by the name Pancham- da, which also happened to be his nick.

He has composed many superhit evergreen songs for Bollywood movies for over two decades. His songs have been rendered by famous singers like Lataji, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohd Rafi and others. His popularity grew so much that all producers at one time had wanted to rope in Panchamda for scoring music for their films.

A few movies worth mentioning are: ***Guide, Teesri Manzil, kaagaz ke Phool and Love Story.*** He was also married to Asha Bhonsle. He had won several awards during his lifetime.

The Indian Music platform misses a great talent like Pancham da, and his songs will remain in the hearts of music lovers for a long time.
Parminder Singh Dhaliwal @rajveerdhaliwal9
Dec 10, 2015 08:46 PM, 4539 Views
He began his career as a composer at a period when crass commercialization was slowly but surely beginning to take hold of Hindi film  music and the sounds of cheap  Western pop and  rock was creeping into it. In the 1970s.  his songs were extremely popular. Popularity has its pitfalls, and RDB produced a host of quite forgettable songs in his heydays, the 1970’s.    The falling quality of lyrics had surely contributed to poor quality of songs.   But whenever he composed songs for good film directors like Gulzaar, Hrishikesh Mukherjee or Shakti Samanta he produced masterpieces the range of depth of which are remarkable.

When it comes to orchestration, no other composer in India could match his ingenuity.   He borrowed sounds and ideas from every major musical traditions of the world, internalised them, and combined them with traditional Indian sounds to produce something so enchanting  that after he became popular every composer in Mumbai began to imitate him.   His percussion tracks are entirely different from anyone else’s.   He introduced so many new sounds in it that the RDB songs became instantly recognizable by the sound of his percussions track only.

He brought into prominence the Congas, the Dhamsa, Tumbak, Khol and the Madol. His drums never sound dry, are always melodious,  and he successfully employed many kinds of novel and intricate rhythmic variations in his tabla and conga parts.   In fact, his rhythm and percussion tracks are so sonorous and attractive that sometimes the songs themselves seem  like accompaniments to the former! He did a lot of novel things like using the rhythm and the hiss of steam engines in songs.  No composer before RDB employed  the guitars, both acoustic and electric, so effectively. His preludes and interludes regularly featured simple but beautiful guitar solos and arpeggios while rhythm and bass guitars are very conspicuous in his arrangements. The brass section  of the orchestra too were called into action in many of his songs.

Many would remember RDB for his foot-tapping rhythms and Western-type pop songs, but I think he excels in traditional Indian compositions.   His softer songs in Pyar ka Mausam, Baharon ke Sapne, Amar Prem, Mere Jeevan Saathi, Hare Rama hare krisjna, Katipatang, Parichay, Namakharam, Yadon ki Baraat, Rampur ka Laxman, Maasum, Andhi, Kinara, Do chor, Jhil ke Uspaar, Ghar, Mehbooba, Ajnabi, Heera Panna and Aap ki Kasam bring out the essence of his genius.   And when he composes classical kind of songs he surpasses all his classically-bent predecessors in composing skill.   The magnificent Gori tori payjaniyan and the sublime Ayo kahan se ghanshyam and Raina beet jaye, the dazzling Raadha jaye na and  Mithe bol bole  bear testimony to this fact.   He also gifted us with a special kind of jolly, high-spirited songs in films like Jawani Diwani, Aa gale lag ja, Khel Khel Mein, Warrant and Jaise ko Taisa.  The breathtaking Ab ke sawan mein bhi dare, the flamboyant Chala jaata hun and the naughty, scintillating Chalte chalet pichhe murke  are only some of them.  His background music scores in films like Sholay and Yadon ki baraat are memorable  too.

Rahul Dev Burman is surely the last of the great film music composers who almost single-handedly transformed  the whole sound of Hindi film music forever.
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manuelgomes @manuelgomes
Jul 03, 2014 12:34 AM, 6435 Views
I was just goin throug the Internet and was surfing about Pancham Da’s life and career so I found out smthg rly interesting a great some great facts abt the legend Pancham da written by a great fan of his will like to share the same on mouthshut Following is d article it’s about an article published in filmfare abt the great RD BURMAN

Subject: [Pancham] Re: 27 consecutive flops as per RD in his interview in filmfare feb 1992

This list by Khagesh is just the tip of the iceberg. the book is studded with mistakes. In the same article,

IIRC, Khagesh mentions that Pancham had started working with producer / directors like Harish Shah /

Vinod Shah- who were abs rookies

Surely Khagesh could have just checked the names of the producers from VN’s book(need not see the films at

all) - or surfed the net properly(something which he did in abundance as the entire book is a cut, paste and

translate from panchammagic, panchamonline, i2fs, etc)- to know that Harish Shah was a veteran and his

films, even if flops, were innately musical - If Mere Jeevan Saathi is not enough, one can add Dhan Daulat,

Ram Tere Kitne Naam& Kala Sona.

Prior to the Pancham book Khagesh had published a book on SD - where he used Pancham’s childhood pic from

Ritu’s website on SD and captioned it - Chotobelaye Korta(SD as a kid)

Ananda Bazar Patrika, in reviewing the SD book, understandably, had rammed Khagesh. The RD book was

probably not reviewed at all.

In pancham@. ,

"shashirao" wrote:

This is an absolute piece of mis-information. The author of this book needs to either conduct some real

research or at least attempt to understand/listen/read about Pancham.As I have mentioned time and again - it seems there is no quality control in publications in India. Anyone

can become an author and write anything without due research and without the fear of repercussions. This

is how misinformation is spread. I will not even get into discussing the exact number of flops. Since in Pancham’s interview in Filmfare hewas not mentioning a specific fact - he was simply mentioning some vague number to highlight his disappointment with the performance of some of his movie recently.Pancham was not a box office expert to know the exact collection numbers nor was he privy to how much money

the movie makers made. As with anyone NOT related to movie production - he had a general idea and went with

whatever the producer said. So let’s not make this the quest for the holy grail and find out that exact number of movies. Because even in my research with trade papers and journals - there was never an instance of continuous flops for Pancham -there were flops - but there were the hits and average runners too in between.Unfortunately and off-the-cuff remark has been blown out of context. This was done when Pancham was alive and is still done after his demise. There seem to be a bunch of folks thriving on sensationalizing,

sympathizing, dwelling and dramatizing Pancham’s so called "misery-ill-fortune-injustice".

Ok.on to this so-called author and his book on Pancham. Let’s take a look at the list Mistake #1: MUSAFIR.wait a second.did I just see MUSAFIR? Any Pancham fan worth his/her salt must

know that this movie was never released in theaters. How does this get classified as a flop? Has the author

even done a visual verification of the information printed. At this rate LIBAAS would be the biggest flop

of Pancham’s career.Mistake #2: ANDAR BAAHAR and JAGIR - in the flop list? Both of these movies were silver jubilee performers.

In fact ANDAR BAHAR was released along with AAJ KI AWAAZ - and both made 25 weeks. AAJ KI AWAAZ was the largerhit and went on to touch golden jubilee(50 weeks). ANDAR BAHAR in fact was touted as Anil Kapoor first

commerical success and cemented the Anil-Jackie pair. JAGIR and its Bangla version(TINMOORTI) were successful in each language. In fact JAGIR was releasealongside two other multi-starrers with titles starting with’J’: JOHN JANI JANARDHAN and JEENE NAHINDOONGA. And JAGIR beat both these movies in box office performance achieving silver jubilee status atSuper Cinema Mumbai.

Mistake #3: SHUBH KAAMNA, DUNIYA, JAWAANI, AWAAZ, JHUTHA SACH and RANG BIRANGI - were all averagegrossers. Producers made their money. SHUBHKAAMNA and RANG BIRANGI were the smaller movies that had their usual audience and box office run. No

one expected these to be Golden Jubilee blockbusters.

JAWAANI was the first movie to be distributed by B R A Films(Jeetendra and his brother-in-law’s

distribution firm) with a unique strategy of no main/anchor cinema hall. It was released in limited

theatres with SUNDARAM playing the role of anchor. The movie started with a tepid 69% box office

collection in the first week. Over the next 5 weeks the movie held steady and added cinemas. One needs to

check with Ramesh Sippy(Jeetendra’s brother in law) if he ever lost any money on this venture. Because

Ramesh Behl went on to make APNE APNE with Jeetendra. JHUTHA SACH was the dark horse. Released on the same day as MANZIL MANZIL - it surprised everyone with its

robust collections at the box office. In fact newspapers heralded the fact that the baap still had more

power than the beta. JHUTHA SACH was also a decent money spinner. DUNIYA was certainly a disappointment from the expectations perspectives - since the collection for a

Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu(comeback) Rishi Kapoor starrer was being compared to VIDHAATA. However this

delayed turkey was not a clunker at the box office. It had a decent run at the box office. Years later

Producer Yash Johar would burn his fingers with three flops in a row - MUQADDAR KA FAISLA, AGNEEPATH and

GUMRAAH. In case anyone’s wondering, Karan Johar(thru Yashraj) has re-released DUNIYA as opposed to the

other ventures.Mistake #(I have stopped counting) - QAYAMAT a flop? Wow.where did the author get his fact and

figures. Please check with producer Salim Ishaque and verify. QAYAMAT is the movie that launched his

banner AFTAB Films. It was the success of this movie that led to the making of SITAMGAR. This is the movie

that led Salim to move on to LOHA and later on DOODH KA KARZ.

It seems all we need to do is pick Vishwas Nerurkar’s book - extract a list of movies in chronological order -

and mark them as flops. No verification needed. Let’s paint Pancham red today.I feel like it. Somebody stop this nonsense before the paying consumer begin to mistake the half-baked books and

publications as true. This is how rumors become facts! Loin

P.S. I will wait for this author to issue an Errata for his book and make all due corrections.

- In pancham@. ,

kaushik bandyopadhyay wrote:

> >

> > In the bengali book " Ganer rajputra Rahul Deb Burman "(RDB, the prince of

> > music), writer Khagesh Deb Burman has told that once in an interview RD

> > admitted that his 23 hindi films flopped at a stretch but the 24th film

> > "Sunny" was a hit.Anyway, list of the 27 films flopped at a stretch as per

> > the book’s list before "Sunny" is given below:

> > 1.Bindiya Chamkegi(1983)

> > 2.Chor Police

> > 3.Farista

> > 4.Jaane Jaan

> > 5.Kaun? Kayse?

> > 6.Lovers

> > 7.Majdoor

> > 8.Main Awaara Hoon

> > 9.Pukaar

> > 10.Qyamat

> > 11.Rang Birangi

> > 12.Romance

> > 13.Shubh Kamana

> > 14.Anand Aur Anand(1984)

> > 15.Andar Bahaar

> > 16.Awaaz

> > 17.Bheema

> > 18.Duniya

> > 19.Hum Dono

> > 20.Hum Hai Lajawaab

> > 21.Jagir

> > 22.Jawaani

> > 23.Jhoota Saanch

> > 24.Karishma

> > 25.Mati Mange Khoon

> > 26.Manzil Manzil

> > 27.Musafir

> > And the 28th film "Sunny" was a hit in box office, but almost all the above

> > films had well-appreciated songs and music composed by Panchamda.

> >
Kavita Walimbe @kwalimbe
Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM, 3748 Views
Rahul Dev Burman was born in Calcutta. According to stories, he was nicknamed Pancham because, as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the fifth note (Pa) of the Indian musical scale.

The word Pancham means five (or fifth) in Bengali. After coming to Mumbai, he learnt sarod from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

R D Burman started his career as assistant to his father, Sachin Dev Burman. He assisted his father in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and Kaagaz Ke Phool , and his first music interlude, in his father composition, was for the song, Jaane Kya Tune Kahi, sung by Geeta Dutt, for film Pyaasa .

His first film as a music director was Guru Dutt’s Raaz .Pancham was comfortable with all types of music. RD doubled up as a singer too. His most famous song as a singer was Mehbooba from Sholay.
Ayan Bhattacharya @ayanmisra
May 06, 2010 11:57 AM, 3790 Views
You often hear things like Mr X is a genius, Mr Y is superb.You sometimes believe some of this talk or you don’t.But there are people who are actually very very talented. Rahul Dev Burman was one of them.Why do I say this?Well, he was very versatile.He was often seen as a rock-pop type composer. The truth is he was much more. He was good at every music genre. Indeed, he did bring electronic music to India.But his expertise was much more deep. He understood what kind of music a certain movie, a certain sequence required and he composed according.

You see Laxmikant-Pyarelal  have done more films than him.But L-P(they have done more Bollywood films than any other composer(s)) did music for the mass market.But RD could compose both for the polished, refined educated man and also for the paisa vasool junta.This is a guy that’s difficult to figure out.You either do top quality music only like Madan Mohan or you do street-level stuff like LP.But RD could do both.Thus he has done "Samundar Mein Nahake Aur Bhi" and "Bachke Rehna Re Baba" in Pukar.One is a crude song and the other a fine piece of quality music.This is just one single example.RD lived only for 55 years.But his body of work in terms of quality and range is astonishing. He was perhaps someone who could compete globally.

Yet, his talent remained largely unrecognized in his brief lifetime.That most of his songs are still heard and liked by one and all is perhaps a tribute to his amazing, truly amazing genius.
Ketan Doshi @kdrocks
Jul 03, 2009 10:06 AM, 6192 Views
Rahul Dev Burman, commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham da or simply Pancham, was an influential Bollywood music composer. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera. He is credited with revolutionizing the filmi music in Hindi films,and his style and techniques continue to be followed by the composers of today.R.D.Burman did playback in eighteen movies he composed. He was famous for unique, grunting bass singingstyle. He also acted in the film Bhoot Bungla (1965)and Pyar Ka Mausam (1967).Rahul Dev Burman was born in Calcutta. According to stories,he was nicknamed Pancham because,as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the fifth note (Pa) of the Indian musical scale. The word Pancham means five (or fifth) in Bengali and Sanskrit. Another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn Rahul Dev Burman uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly,he nicknamed the boy Pancham. After coming to Mumbai,he learnt sarod from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He received his early education at Ballygunj Govt.High School, Kolkata.When he was nine years old, he composed his first song, Ayemeri topi palat ke aa, which his father used in the film Funtoosh (1956).The tune of the song Sar jo tera chakraaye was composed by him as a child. His father loved the tune and included it in the soundtrack of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa. In 2004, the soundtrack for Pyaasa was chosen as one of "The Best Music in Film" by Sight &Sound, the British Film Institute magazineAs a child, Pancham also played the mouth organ inthe famous song Hai apna dil to aawara (from film Solva Saal -1958, starring Dev Anand).Pancham began his music career as an assistant to his father.Out of his 331released movies 292 were in Hindi, 31 in Bangla, 3 in Telugu, 2 each in Tamil& Oriya and 1 in Marathi. RD also composed for 5 TV Serials in Hindi and Marathi. He also scored a large number of non-film songs in Bangla (also known as Pooja songs or modern songs), which are available in different albums.After his death, in the late 1990s, the remix versions of RD Burman’s hits ruled the Indian music scene. Even today, most of the Indian remix songs are his tunes remixed.Gang (2000) was released long after R D Burman’s death. He was also credited for music of few more filmsafter his death. For example,Monsoon Wedding (credit for Churaliya hai) and Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar (2002),which had R D Burman songs "recreated" by one of his assistants Babloo Chakravorty.Jhankaar Beats (2003 movie)starring Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla & Rinke Khanna was sort of a tribute to RDB, where in Suri & Bose play musicians who revere RDB& his music & whose music is influenced by Burman. There was a remixed version of Burmans popular Kishore Kumar number "Humein tumse pyaarkitna" which was integral to the film. Both the films, Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar and Jhankaar Beats paid tribute to R.D. Burman, and his music. Jhankaar Beats"features one of his famous tunes from the movie, Kudrat while paying tribute to him.In, 1995, Filmfare Awards,constituted a new award in the memory of R D Burman, Filmfare R.D.Burman Award for New Music Talent, given each year, to new music directors and singers in Hindi cinema.Before that A Indian Television proramme Superhit Muqabala’s SUMU Award for RD Burman also started. Though that Award was not continued in later years as producers of the programme had some problems. The Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent is awarded to upcoming music talents.R.D Burman surely was a legendary music composer who will always be remembered by his millions of admirers for many of his eternal,immortal and soul stirring melodies.Source:- Wikipedia.
Atul S @fictionalreality84
Jul 03, 2009 02:03 AM, 3465 Views
My little contribution to all the great reviews and posts written so far. Thanks Tanna! We love you. A lady pops in the jamming room...

She:"Hi! Can I join your Band?"

I: "uh..Huh?"

long silence...

I: "Well, U want to do vocals or something?"

She: "Yeah!"

I:"OK, so whats the picture?"

She:"Well, I can sing "Chura liya hai" if you can do me with guitar part"

This incident happend like 4 years ago, when it was my first ever gig infront of 500+ bollywood crazed crowd. I also vividly remember how I felt bollywood music was sold out and so not cool but when rehearsed and came to know about this composition I was thrown apart.

R.D.Burman & his music

This man, for many was a legendary for some he was just unnecessary element who broke the traditional rhythm and brought music with something like noise or barbaric acts. **There was always a mixed reaction among people I met**. His personality was very restless, a moment he use to compose a song, the next moment he use to forget it. **Many artist working close to him thought that if he had little more patience we would have been gifted more amazing numbers**. He believed in **western styled kick arse, versatality of the lot kind of music**. Few artist believed that the traditional way of composing was totally broken off from the traditional **shankar - jaikishan to laxmikant pyarelal composition. R.D’s compositions were like out of the box **introduction which was fresh to the ears for many people of those time. His whackiness in music got attention of**Asha Bhosale** who was not considered as a regular artist and someone who cannot capitalize on classical vocals. He helped her to prove others wrong. He also gave elevation to **Kishore Kumar’s career** by introducing him in several songs even when Mohd Rafi was one of the shining stars during that time. His way of helping other going forward really touched me.

Personally, for me I did not understand the concepts behind songs like "piya tu ab toh aaja", which seems pretty sold out, "I-want-to-get-your-attention" kind of music, which is a great turn off for me however, I was blown out by the sweet compositions like**"chura liya", "oh mere dil ke chain", "sagar kinare", "wada Karo" , "oye meri pyaari bindu"** etc...these are really fresh and evergreen.

RDB was someone **who expermented with different kind of instrument** and as wierd as a comb! Innovation was brought in manner which was never heard or tried before. Not only instruments but the way they are played. **Lots of beats and chunks introduced in guitars, high tempos on bass, jazzy sexaphones, loud and wild beats.** He was famous for that and he is. So much of a western concept...so fresh to the ears!

I do not dig much in bollywood music but RDB has been a different favor.
User Not Found @usernotfound
Jul 02, 2009 03:10 PM, 5036 Views
*Hume tumse pyar kitna*

*Yeh hum nehi jante*

*Magar jee nehi sakte*

*Tumhare bina.

*

Soul stirring music etched in time. The very mention of the song fills the heart with a dense romantic feeling which lingers long after the song has ended. What more rewarding for a composer than his timeless music resonating in the hearts of million long after he is gone?

The great RD Burman, popularly known as Pancham and affectionately called as Boss was the person with whom Indian film music stepped into a brand new era which saw it breaking away from the shackles of highly classical based songs. The age of experimentation with different genres of music, had begun with Pancham.

**Setting the mood.

**Every composition of RD is vibrant and zestful. Panchamda had an ear for music and would never compromise till he had reached perfection in his compositions. He would fine tune his compositions till the last moment if he was not satisfied. No matter what kind of film he was composing for, he had always given his heart and soul to it. For example the beautiful rendition “roz roz ankhon tale” belonged to a film Jeeva which people might have never heard of.

**RD’s Uniqueness

**Today we have electronic voice correction mechanisms which can make any music sound melodious. But back in those days the only thing that made a composer great was a sound knowledge of the Indian ragas which formed the base of every song. He belief was that every composer should expose himself to all kinds of music before he can claim to become a composer himself. RD himself never claimed that he was a great composer, unlike many modern composers but made his work speak for him. Panchamda’s knowledge in the ragas was reflected in all his songs. If we notice a bit carefully we can see the undercurrent of some of the basic ragas in each of his songs. He would always love to play around with the ragas, mixing and matching them to create some new effect all the time. From the snazzy American jazz to subtle African local tunes, from the rhythms of the green mountains to the folk based music of rural Bengal his interests were vivid. His quest for making good music never ended. And the best part of his music was that he was one person who could actually bring out the feelings hidden in the lyrics in the form of his soul stirring music.

His music gelled well with singers like Kishor Kumar and Amit Kumar. They could actually do justice to the soulful compositions with their deep voice. The bass in their voice added to the mystic charm of every song. RD himself was blessed with a good voice and he would seldom lend his voice along with the lead male singers. IN the song’Bade acche lagte hain’(Balika Badhu) Amit Kumar’s voice blends so beautifully with panchamda’s that listeners can barely identify when the master himself slips stealthily into the album with the boatman’s clarion call of’o majhi re’.

He had incorporated electronic music and western rock together with the Indian rhythm based melodies to create a scintillating fusion which was no doubt much ahead of his time. The audience who were till then toned to the stereotype music, welcomed the innovative approach of RD with much fanfare.

RD’s special improvisations in his own compositions not only made the playback singers famous but also the actors who sang them on the screen. When ever we hear’Aaaja aaja main hu pyar tera’ we remember Shammi Kapoor’s face, and this deadly duo gave Bollywood one of the first finest seduction songs ever. Or’aane wala pal jaane wala hain’ will always make us remember Amol Palekar in Golmal. We must not also forget to mention over here that though the legendary cabaret number’Piya tu ab to aaja’(Caravan)is credited mainly to Asha Bhosle’s intoxicating voice, but who can deny the fact that RD’s banshee cries of’Monica o my darling’ went a long way in rooting the number in the public’s mind.

**Being natural

**RD never stopped experimenting with different genres of music and along with it he also tried out different kinds of musical instruments from around the world.

He used Madal which is basically a Pahadi instrument used with folk tunes of Nepal. For’Hare ram hare krishna’ RD wanted to create the sound of hills and whole of background score of HRHK was thus based on Madal. In Sholay’s title music the feel of village has been created with madal and a rich tone of Madal with Tabla and Duggi has enhanced the whole song “Tere bina jiya jaye na” from Ghar. Reso an instrument of African origin, was used by Panchamda to give extra sharpness or add treble to the music at foot tapping speed. Earlier all side rhythms like Reso, Khanjiri, Kabbaz, Sticks etc. used to played together sitting behind the main rhythm artists. From Teesari Mazil, the music lovers experienced different sound patterns. Reso became most popular with song “Mere samne wali khidki mein”(Padosan). The song starts with Kishor’s alap and after sometime, the sound of Reso takes over the entire rhythm of the song.

RD was, as Gulzar says, "as good a craftsman as he was a musician. He picked the sounds for his songs from very indigenous sources". The’Chura liya’song became famous with the sound of a spoon hitting a glass adding an exotic touch to the subtle romance. For’Master jee kee aa gayee chitthee’(Kitab) he brought some desks from a classroom in the studio while recording and used them as percussion. In Abdullah he used the sound of a bamboo whistle with a balloon tied to it for a song. Once to get the sound of raindrops, he spent a whole rainy night in his house’s balcony recording the sound he wanted. In the song’O Manjhi Re’ from the movie’Khushboo’, R.D. Burman used bottles with water filled at different levels and created a hollow sound by blowing into them and this sound effect was used with the orchestra. During the recording of’Hum donon do preme’(Ajnabee) the musicians were on strike. So he improvised the song with emptied-out musical interludes. The mouth organ played in the song’Hai Apna Dil To Awara’ sung by Hemant Kumar in the film’Solva Saal’ is played by R.D. Burman himself. "Pyaar karta jaa" picturised on Mehmood, sung by Manna De in’Bhoot bangla’? This song was recorded in 1965 and Pancham made use of almost five singers placing them at distant locations from each other to get the exact echo effect produced in valleys. RD’s penchant for aesthetic sounds made his compositions evergreen.

RD’s songs were not only instrumental classics but he also tried out the differnt forms of Onomatopoeia such as "ta ra ra ra pa ra ra ra", "aha", "ah ah ah", "zub zub" and other sounds. As an example "Dum maro dum"(Hare Rama Hare Krishna), “Aao jhoome gaaye"(Paraya dhan), "Duniya mein logon ko"(Apna desh), "Reshmi zulfen nashili aankhen"(Indrajeet) or the famous "Yeh jawaani hai deewani"(Jawaaani deewani) can be mentioned.

**Contd in comments**
Mazhar Nawaz @maaz_nawaz
Jul 02, 2009 08:49 AM, 6770 Views
R D Burman - Remembering The Musical GeniusRahul Dev Burman know as R.D. Burman the sun of Sachin Dev Burman was born in Calcutta on June 27, 1939.Music was an inherited talent and a gift bequeathed to Rahul Dev Burman, the only son of famous music composer Sachin Dev Burman.Starting independent music composing in 1961, He did 331 Films and 4 Non-Film Albums. On January 4, 1994, the most loved and adored musician RD Burman bid goodbye to this world.The easiest thing to write about somebody who is dead and gone is to say good things.The genius of some composers is recognised during their lifetimes. Others, particularly those who take music into new directions, may not be recognised until after their deaths.Though R D Burman won honour and respect in his lifetime for his innovative music, his work as a music composer did not find true recognition till his death.With the passage of time, the popularity of R.D. Burman – Pancham da has grown and posthumously (it’s fifteen years now) his music has become more popular and admirable.A fact grossly contrasts his last days as a music director who not only dished out some immortal songs but also gifted Hindi film music a new way of looking into it. During the last decade his music re-entered into the music shelves cutting all possible genres and his music got noticed like never before.Its not RD Burman who was unfortunate with awards & recognitions, its literally our shame that we have not given our due respect and recognition to this genius when he was alive. Or it took us these many years to understand the hidden beauties of R D Burman’s music?If a person cannot appreciate the greatness of R D Burman, then it can be safely concluded that the person does not have a sense of music.I am ’Very sorry to say, today everything has degenerated. Our emotions, values, lifestyle ... So has music.The golden era of music of stalwarts like Naushad, Shankar Jaikishen, O P Nayyar, S D Burman,Roshan, Madan Mohan & R D Burman can never come back. "What’s gone is gone,’’Many music critics called R D Burman a copy master, a plagiarist who went abroad only to bring back tunes.I do agree that every composer, whether it was SD Burman or RD Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal or Kalyanji - Anandji, has been inspired. But the difference between those legends and today’s musicians is that they never copied tunes blatantly, they only adapted.Today, we don’t have copies, we have bad photo copies. No one is coming up with anything original or creative ( with the exception of A R Rahman). Music directors are only remixing and replaying old hits. The immortal songs are still playing in the discotheques today in their remixed versions.Without a second thought I can say R D Burman was not a plagiarist. He reinvented tunes which lay in the darkness of the hills or the depths of the oceans. He was a true discoverer. Pancham Da brought a revolution in the Hindi film music through his innovative style.It is said that R D Burman is also remembered for his unique style of composing music. He was always ready for experimentation. In the song Chura liya hai tumne, he used the sound of a spoon hitting a glass. In another song O manjhi re, he used bottles with water filled at different levels and created a hollow sound by blowing into them and this sound effect was used with the orchestra.R D Burman’s biggest award was that his music is immortal. Even today many of the remixes are done using his old hits, In clubs,Parties, discs & during marriage ceremony. RD’s intoxicating songs are played all over the country.R D Burman,the man who added his unique dash of pep and verve in to Hindi film music starting with the 60s. He can claim the credit of the first music director who brought Rock n’ Roll to Hindi tunes, creating a brand of music so distinctly his own.In his lifetime, Panchamda bagged three Filmfare Awards for Sanam Teri Kasam in 1982 , Masoom in 1983 & 1942 The Love story (1994)Very few people know the harsh fact, RD Burman was a failure in the latter part of his life, took to drinking heavily in frustration and was quite amazed when Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered him 1942: A Love Story, the music and subsequent success of which he never lived to see. And for many years after that he remained as a fossil, forgotten and desolate while people like Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik & Nadeem-Shravan defined the music of the nineties.Even 15 years after his demise, the charisma of his music refuses to die down. The overwhelming music of Rahul Dev Burman or Panchamda or RD, as he is popularly referred to, is still alive in the hearts of millions of Indians, old and young alike.Ours is a nation driven by music. We use music to define ourselves, lessen our sorrows, wallow in self-pity, express, dance, sing, and RD Burman is that one man who has made songs for every mood.Even to this day, whenever I hear RD’s tunes, what immediately rushes to mind is a medley of myriad images ,my school, my college, those wonderful & carefree days with my friends. Those days wouldn’t have been what they were if R.D.Burman had not happened !People all over the world, of all ages, still love R D Burman.His talent, his wonderment and his innovative music make him legend.Most of the songs composed by R D are my favourotes. I like to hear again & again. I have picked some of my all time favorite songs from RD’s musical garden.Chingari Koi Bhadke - Amar PremDum maro Dum - Hare Krishna Hare RamaHum Dono Do Premi, AjnabeeO mere Dil ke chain – Mere Jeevan SaathiMehbooba mehbooba - SholayTum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya - AndhiChand Mera Dil - Hum Kisise Kum NaheenDo Lafzon Ki Hian – The great GamblerChehra hain a chand khila hain – SaagarEk Ladki Ko Dekha - 1942 : A Love StoryDear Tanna I appreciate & thank you for celebrating the R D Burman Film Festival on MS. My tribute to the musical genius R D Burman.
Cloud Atlas @hermit
Jul 01, 2009 01:23 PM, 3934 Views
The boy who carried musical notes in his name ---There was a little boy who started babbling the syllable "Pa" that motivated Ashok Kumar to christen him as "Pancham"! Or, was that like when he cried, the tone was identified with the "sol" of western solfèe scale? Whatever it is - the boy who carried the musical note in his name naturally fell in love with music!Training -----He was lucky enough to have a dad, who was a stalwart in music! Under his tutelage, he got the basic training. Sachinda always believed that the music composer should have in depth knowledge of the wide variety of musical instruments to get the best out of them. Pancham’s base in rhythm was set by Tabla Master Brajen Biswas. Finally when he was trained about the possibilities of strings by Ashish Khan (Sarod Master), Pancham was enriched by the knowledge base that should be possessed by any music composer.In modern day slang - Pancham continued his on-the-job training with Sachinda. Sachinda used to compose the tune of Antara and leave the job of completing Mukhada to Pancham, Jaydev and many of his disciples. He always encouraged healthy competition between them and selected the best tune for completion of the song.This gave Pancham the confidence to compose his own tunes and he used to play them before his dad. Once he identified the tune of the song "Ae meri topi palat ke aa" from the movie Funtoosh as the one he performed before his dad. Pancham felt bad but later he might have realised that his Dad need not flick any tunes from him. He was acknowledging the progress of his son. He always believed in giving support and protection under his wings for long. Afterwards, he encouraged him to explore on his own.Career -----Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa was the first movie where in Pancham got the chance to assist his dad. Pancham claimed to compose a song and played mouth organ for several songs. Mouth Organ was one instrument he was always comfortable in playing.Guru Dutt, who is the master of identifying best talents gave him the first break by signing him for composing music for the movie "Raaz". Sachinda always objected him to associate him with big banners in the initial days of career with a noble intention for him not getting spoiled by success in the initial years. A trait, which is not found in any of the creative artists or politicians in contemporary world. But Pancham went ahead with the god given opportunity but alas ---- the film was shelved and Pancham was thoroughly dejected.Afterwards - it was Mehmood who was impressed with the songs he composed for Raaz given him chance in "Chote Nawab" . Guru Dutt never wanted to use the recorded songs in Raaz and hence the song which was not recorded "Ghar aaja ghiraye" was used in Chote Nawab.Again - he has to prove himself to successful producers! Sachinda never given him strong recommendation and he was contended with the learning he has imparted to his son. Pancham composed more than 100 songs ( a huge reserve to be used in forthcoming days) and sang many of them to Shammi Kapoor who strongly recommended him to Nasir Hussain. While Pancham sang the tunes of almost all the songs that was later taken for "Teesri Manzil", it was practically marking the end of the era of Shankar Jaikishen. Pancham and Singers ----Pancham and Kishoreda ----- this combination was like mixing Voila and Tequila together! The best of Kishore Kumar was delivered through the music composed by Pancham! The classical tunes of "Mere Naina Sawan Bhado" to mishcievous "Ek Chatur Naar" - Pancham could bring out the best of Kishore Kumar.Also, he maintained very high regard for Mohammed Rafi. Once Pancham told to the media that in the Mandir of of his residence, he kept the photograph of Rafi! Pancham - Gulzar song "Kya Hua Tera Wada" almost revived Rafi’s career during late 70s.PS - He recorded "Tum Bin Jaoon Kaha" with Kishoreda and Rafi separately which can be considered as the classic example of highlighting the versatality of two great singers!Lata Mangeshkar was associated with him from very intial days. He always chose her to deliver the romantic and classical tunes. Who will forget the tunes he composed for "Aandhi" and Lataji giving life to the music!Asha Bhonsle - who became his better half at a later stage, given her life and soul to all the songs composed by Pancham. It is not only the high tempo tunes that he ear marked for her but Pancham experimented a lot with Asha over a period of time.Pancham himself was an amazing singer with a very peculiar voice. He could create magic at high pitch! I can’t help but noticing the similarity in the singing style of Pancham and Demis Roussoss (who composed the song Love Me, which is totally ripped off by Pancham in Sholay as Mehbooba Mehbooba). Without contemplating a lot on this - any music lover would fall in love with his peculiar style that suited for many tunes.Those unforgettable tunes ---I always consider Pancham as one of the best when it comes to composing tunes. He got a vast knowledge base on the classical song which might have helped him to experiment a lot with tunes.Just to quote a few - Kedar Raga is a very serious and contemplating one which is not used commonly by many music composers. Pancham could give the shade of romance to this Raga through the famous tune he composed for "Aapki akhon mein kuch mehke huae se raz hain--" in the movie Ghar!Again, Kirwani Raga is used at its best for the song "Ane wala pal" in the movie Golmal!Kaherava Tal accompanying this raga gave a highly philosophical shade for the song. This is a classic example of blending of raga and tal with a very distinct tune.--- Contd in comments
Jul 29, 2007 12:27 PM, 3194 Views
Very few people know this.After the late SD Burman was denied the throne of the princely state of Tripura he became a famous composer.His only son Rahul could have theoretically become monarch too.But he became the greatest musician in the history of Bollywood and everyone called him Boss.So much for the title.We all know by now that Rahul was launched in ’Chhote Nawab’(1961).But, he really started to blossom in ’Teesri Manzil’.In this movie RD used western music as applicable in the indian context.

Through he was basically a sarod player he had learnt good music at his great father’s feet.Such was his immense talent twenty-something RD made each tune in TM seem like a mature, polished piece of work.His hold on melody was particularly astonishing.Therafter there was no stopping this greatest talent of film music in India.He struck up a partnership with Anand Bakshi, Kishore Kumar and sometimes Rafi to churn out one hit after another.Rajesh Khanna would have been cute boy and not megastar had it not been for RD’s tunes.What made his music special.

Well, he understood his craft so well that he could change his style to suit the mood of the film.He was always in full control of the emotional aspect of the song and yet he was a conniosseur of the finest poetry.And his tunes always followed the zeitgeist and perhaps originated in it.His melody was simple and yet beautiful.Music-makers will know that it is imposssible for a single person to have all these qualities.But RD Burman, who died young and poor, and was not handsome at all was a genius.And therein lies his tragedy.
Jun 23, 2007 06:46 PM, 8786 Views
I write this article to highlight 3 films of RD Burman, every song of which is practically a gem, a masterpiece. A few of the songs may be known to a few aficionados of film music but most of them remain largely unknown and undiscovered. They are as good as any Panchamda creation, but have remained in obscurity, probably because the films were colossal flops. These films are – Harjaee, Sitamgar and Heeralal Pannalal. Panchamda often had this misfortune of putting his best into some films that were to bomb miserably at the box office. Let us analyse the songs of these films one by one***Harjaae*** -

Randhir Kapoor and Tina played the leads and directed by Ramesh Behl. Now, Behl, Randhir Kapoor and Panchamda always created magic whenever they came together but unfortunately in this case Behl’s direction and the insipid screenplay destroyed this film. The songs

- *Tujh sa haseen* – a foot-tapping disco by Kishoreda with a throbbing background score

- *Sun zara shokh haseena* - Kishore-Asha at their best in a racy, teasing number

- *Ye rut hai haseen* – Kishore again in a soft and sensuous romantic ode

- *Jeevan mein jab aise pal ayenge* – Kishore- Asha in a super romantic duet

- *Kabhi palkon pe aansoo hai* – a touching and tragic solo by Kishore with great lyrics

- *Tere liye palkon ki jhalar bunu* – One among Lata’s best numbers rendered in a  whisper- soft voice quality

- *Mee raksam* – Rafi and Chandrashekhar Gadgil in a song resembling a Sufi pop-qawwali.

Credits for the lyrics were shared by Gulshan Bawra, Vitthalbhai Patel and Nida Fazli

***Sitamgar*** –

There was no reason to believe that a multi-starrer big-budget film directed by successful director Raj Sippy and starring Dharmendra, Parveen Babi, Rishi Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon, would fall flat on its face. But somehow this film did flop and along with it RD Burman’s great numbers too, sunk without a trace. Let us list these great numbers

*Pyaar jab na diya zindagi ne kabhi* – Kishore is a racy philosophic rendition with super lyrics by Majrooh saab, the lyricist of this film. It was filmed on Dharamji on horseback, in cowboy Western style. It appeared in the beginning of the film as the credits rolled on. It was probably among the best songs of Kishoreda. This cinemascope film, interestingly, starts in 35mm format. Dharamji is shown as sleeping atop a train and as he wakes up and stretches his arms, the film too stretches into cinemascope.

*Chand roz aur meri jaan chand roz* – This was probably the only song that gained some amount of popularity. Rendered by Kishore, it had a brooding appeal, sung in Kishoreda’s inimitable style.

*Mausam Pyaar ka* – A romantic and soft Kishore- Asha duet

*Hum kitne nadaan they yaaro* – Kishore again in another great number

*Meri tarah allah kare tera kisi pe aye dil* – A soft seduction number by Asha and Kishore, this is another absolutely unknown gem.

*Tum dilwalon ke aage* – A spirited dance number by Kishore-Lata, filmed on Rishi and Poonam on stage.

I have heard that this film also had an unreleased song sung by Shailendra Singh which goes like this – *Kisi** gareeb ka dil*. Though I have never heard this one, it is said that this was perhaps one of the best songs sung by Shailendra.

***Heeralal Pannalal*** –

Directed by Ashok Roy and released in 1978, this was another multi starrer that starred Shashi, Randhir, Zeenat, Neetu and Premnath. A miserable flop again but RD came up trumps again with super numbers which unfortunately met the same fate as the film.

*Kahiye kahaan se aana hua*- Kishore, Bhupender, Lata and Asha – A foot-tapping playful number

*O padosan ki ladki* – Kishore in a racy fast paced number

*Aaja mere pyaar aaja*- Filmed on Premnath this song was sung by Hemant Kumar, many years after his singing career had ended.

*Kis ne dekha hai kal* – RD Burman and Asha

*Dhal gayee rang mein tere* – Kishore Asha duet

*Seedhe raste chaloge to* – Kishore & Rafi sing this light funny number

The sad fact is that you may never get a CD or tape of these films in the market to enjoy these songs. You may probably try to download them from some site if available but I doubt if you can get them. If only some music company would be smart enough to put these three films together in one album and release it

sweet dreams @teena_sri
Jan 04, 2006 10:38 PM, 7569 Views
First i’ld like to wish you all a very happy new year..............my computer got repaired today and its great to be back on MS.

Whenever I think of RD BURMAN,the only words that come to my mind are MUSICAL GENIUS,he was a magician of sorts,he revolutinised the world of MUSIC,the kind of music he made,created and gave was way ahead of his times,the kind of music that only he could make.I am one of RD BURMAN’s biggest fan,i almost worship the man for all his contribution to world of music,he is one reason I love music so much.I have almost all his albums,on cassette’s,CD’s,MP3’s,yet the collection is not complete coz he has given us so many beautiful songs,there are so many of his albums which were brilliant musically but because the films were not hits or known they went un-noticed,i have got hold of so many of such albums and my search is going on...............

I decided to write this review,as a tribute to the man who was so talented,gifted,who entertained us for so long with his music but who unfortunately died when he was just 55,when he still had to give so much to music lovers like us,today is when this great man left this world, and along with him was the end of the creative world of music..............how much he would have given had he been alive.But his music lives on,he is still adored by millions,all the remixes are a proof of how much people still love his music,there was a film DIL VIL PYAR VYAR where all his songs were used and the film JHANKAAR BEATS was dedicated to him where he was referred as BOSS.there was a sing in the film’’BOSS KAUN HAI,MALOOM HAI KYA’’which was written for RD BURMAAN,that speaks for his popularity and how much he is still is loved.

RD BURMAN was born on JUNE 27,1939 and he was the only child of the legendrry musician SD BURMAN,he was popularly known as PANCHAM,he composed music for the first time for the film CHOTE NAWAB,followed by BHOOT BANGLA,which was a film directed by MEHMOOD and from there on he became a favourite with him,all the films of MEHMOOD had music by RDB..............and from there on started the journey of this man,who did not make it easily,he wasn’t taken very seriously in the beginning as a musician,he was accused of making only western music but it was only later that the genius of this man was realised by people all over................and later when he and GULZAR formed a team they made the most outstanding songs or melodies that ever could be..............and now that RD BURMAN is not alive,people say how great a musician he was,that he is incomparable,at that time also he was incomparable but people did not appreciate him or his music coz he was way ahead if his times in terms of orchestra,instrumentation,recordings,singing,his music,everything...............nobody could understand what he was making but now people say all sorts of good things about him,for me though he has always remained and will remain the greatest.................for me HE IS THE GOD OF MUSIC.

AS A MUSICIAN..................he gave some outstanding songs.He could compose all kind of songs,western ,cabare,classical,love songs,sad,he mastered all.If he could compose a AAJA AAJA MAIN HO PYAR TERA OR MERI JA MAINE KAHA,he could also make a beautiful melody like IS MOD PE JAATE HAI,he could make a beautiful classical song like RAINA BEETI JAYA,a SAD SONG LIKE khalli haath shaam aayi hai OR A FUN SONG LIKE dhanno ki aankh main raat ka soorma..................he could do anything,he could compose music for any kind of abstract lyrics and make it sound beautiful,that was the talent of this man.

SOME OF RD BURMAN’s best albums..................TEESRI MANJIL,LOVE STORY,JAWANI DINWANI,IZAZZAT,AANDHI,NAMKEEN,AMAR PREM,JEEVA,BALIKE BAADHU,MASOOM,SUNNY,HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA,HUM KISSI SE KUM NAHI,YAADON KI BARAAT,SITAMGAR,YEH VAADA RAHA,ZAMANE KO DIKHANA HAI,KAALIA,SHOLAY,KHOOBSOORAT,KINARA,KHUSBOO,1942- A LOVE STORY,GHAR,KATI PATANG,SAAGAR,SANAM TERI KASAM,TERI KASAM...................to name just a few from so many of his albums.

SOME OF RD BURMAN’s best songs.......................JAANE JA DHHONDTA PHIR RAHA HO,RAHEN PE REHTE HAI,TUMNE MUJHE DEKHA HO KAR MEHARBAAN,KUCH TO LOG KAHE GE,ROJ ROJ AANKHON TALE,KATRA KATRA,PIYA BAWRI,MEHBOOBA MEHBOOBA,IS MOD PE JAATE HAI,TUJHSE NARAAZ NAHI,BEEGHI BHEEGI RAATON MAIN,BAHON MAIN CHALE AAO,CHURA LIYA HAI TUMNE,TUM KYA JANO,MAAG LOONGA MAIN TUJHE TAKDEER SE,TUMHE CHOD KE,KEH DO TUMHE,JAANE KYA SOCHKAR NAHI GUZRA,DUM MARO DUM,EK LADKI KO DEKHA................and a lot more from a ocean of his songs.

AS A SINGER..................he has also song quite a number of songs for his films as a music director.I loved his style of singing,very different voice and very creative way of singing which made it a very enjoyable experience for the listener.I just love MEHBOOBA MEHBOOBA from SHOLAY,DHANNO KI AANKH but my all time favourite RDB song as a singer is SAMUNDAR MAIN NAHAKE from PUKAR................great song,great singing and to think that he made a song out of lyrics like SAMUNDAR MAINM NAHAKE speaks volumes about the talent of this man.RD BURMAN ROCKS in one word.

HE WORKED THE BEST ................with ASHA BHOSLE,KISHOR KUMAR as singers,GULZAR as a lyricist,these four people created magic together...........some of the finest songs of RDB have been created with the contribution of these three people,who were great in their fields.MY FAVOURITE RDB-GULZAR combo song is TUJHSE NARAAZ NAHI ZINDAGI HARAIN HO MAIN and ASHA-KISHOR-RDB ’ld have to be JAANE JA DHOONDTA PHIR RAHA...............what gems.

RD BURMAN’s contribution to film music has been immense,its incomparable,he was the most original,creative ,talented musician I have listened to....................nobody can replace him or come even close to the talent of this man,he is the BEST and will remain the BEST.WORDS fail me to express my feelings for the talent of this man,you have to listen to lhis music to realise that he was a genius,i have been listening to him the whole day, on radio,they have been playing his music the whole day as a tribute to him and that compelled me to write this review.......................RD BURMAN RULEZS!,

Milind Pappu @silent124
Jan 07, 2005 08:27 PM, 4471 Views
Even though RD Burman is not with us for past 10 years, a day is not passed when his music is not part of our daily musical existence. His music mesmerism can only be exemplified with his fan following ranging from next generation kids to senior citizens. These days when every second day, so called ?popular remix? is churned out from his songs and played on FM with an ludicrous attempt to mount DJ on musical pedestal without due recognition to the original composer, it cause great anguish to genuine music lovers.

Few days ago I was part of our gathering in Dubai to remember RD on his death anniversary on Jan 4th. The impact of this nostalgia took me to check if there was any review done on RD on https://mouthshut.com . I was elated to find his name under category of ?movie personality? but was dismayed to find the place devoid of any remarks or comments.

It is too childish of me to write about RD and his music. I would like to invite music lovers on https://mouthshut.com to the website of https://panchamonline.com. I believe this site sums up what RD and his creation is all about. I would be happy to see reviews on https://panchamonline.com. Because such reviews can help this site more enriching enabling music connoisseurs to offer tribute to RD and his memorable musical creation.

Though much has been said about his musical scores, little do we find mention on his innovation of musical instrument and his voice.

Some of his improvisations of instruments were Hudka, Pedal Matka, Bell tree, Murgesh, Dimdi. These have been aptly described and demonstarted by his collegaues who assisted in his musical creation. Hudka is small dholak but with percussion in the center gives different vibration. Daiyya re Daiyya from Carvan has used this .

Pedal matka has big leather cap with matka below and leather strings tied around with Pedal below. This was used in Samne ye kaun aaya from Jawani Diwani and Mutthukodi Kawari Hada from Do Phool. Mugesh is Ghatam with leather ring.

Dimdi is like a miniature Duff.Bell tree had cycle bell caps of different diameter fixed on one on top vertically and played by stick by moving from top to bottom . This is used with in Tere Liye Palkonki Zalar from Harjaee. He also introduced the electronic organ in India for the composition O mere sona re sona in Teesri Manzil.

Another unique identity of RD was his innovative shrill intonations used in Duniya mein logon ko (Apna Desh), Monica O my darling (Caravan),Mehbooba mehbooba (Sholay), Yamma yamma (Shaan), Samundar mein nahakar (Pukar),Sapna mera toot gaya (Khel khel mein) and Dil lena khel hai dildar ka (Zamane ko dikhana hai).

Despite creating chartbusters over 30 years, RD got few recognition in terms of awards.

Though he was nominated 14 times for filmfare awards but got only for Sanam Teri Kasam and Masoom . His composition of Ijaazat won Gulzar and Asha National award. Its ironical that stupendous success for his 1942: A Love Story too came just few weeks after his death on Jan 4th.

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